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    Good effort is a poor design and back in the day the service would have seen it get a squirt of something - sadly no longer!!
     
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    This was really helpful - thanks very much. If anyone else is struggling with this, I made it work by pressing a screwdriver against the RH side of the smaller part of the C-shaped hook. Then LOTS of WD40!

    Quote Originally Posted by UMEL View Post
    Slid a shimmy in and move that C lever to the left.

    Locked, me pointing at plastic lever

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    Unlocked, me pressing the plastic lever.

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